This will be my 4th straight years of RAGBRAI'ng. Last year was overbooked, overcrowded and overloaded. I'm 100% self-supported (with the exception for getting transport to/back) home. It got so bad with the baggage truck that I ditched most of my luggage in Des Moines, hometown, and packed all I needed on my bike. That was nice since I could arrive at the overnight towns when I wanted and leave to avoid the head and crowd. Can't wait.